In his detective novels, Petros Markaris sends his hero, Inspector Haritos, into the labyrinth of Athens. This time, the author himself decided to enter.

His journey through the city lasts almost an hour, the time it takes the electric train to cover the distance from Piraeus to Kifisia. The author’s fellow traveler gets off at each station, exploring the surrounding area with him, discovering its beauties and uglinesses, and uncovering its fascinating contrasts.

He encounters hidden surprises, walks ancient paths, perceives and understands all the social stratification of the capital, with its poor neighborhoods and its modern nouveau riche appearance, which has not been lost even in times of crisis, because the crisis did not touch the areas of the nouveau riche, as is the case with every crisis.